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Become an organ donor

Organ donation is an important treatment for cystic fibrosis, so we encourage you to register as an organ donor. The registration process is quick, and the decision to do so can help to save eight lives!

Cystic fibrosis came to stay on Good Friday 1986 at 5 p.m. when my giggly toddler was 22 months old. It began to take her breath away before we even knew what it was. "Cystic fibrosis?" I said to the voice on the phone. "What is that?"

A man battling cystic fibrosis has managed to control his illness by becoming a champion bodybuilder - despite risking his life every time he lifts weights. James Boudreau has a lung capacity of just 48 per cent and sleeps with an oxygen mask at night to prevent him from contracting life threatening lung infections. But the 29-year-old, who is nicknamed ‘The Miracle’, made it his life goal to become a champion bodybuilder after doctors told him he could be dead within two years if he didn’t have a lung transplant.

University of Saskatchewan researchers working at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron on campus have developed a new imaging technique that reveals a hitherto unknown component of the immune system in the lungs, one that promises insights that could benefit cystic fibrosis patients.

Since researchers realized that the saltwater in the ocean helps clear out the thick mucus that builds up in patients’ lungs, organizations have started around the world that teach those with the disease how to “hang 10."